Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Alford

1. All railroad companies shall be sued in the county in which the cause of action originated for injury to person or property, if such companies have an agent in that county. But if the cause- of action arises in a county where the railroad company has no agent, then suit may be brought in the county of the residence of said defendant company. Civil Code, § 2798.

2. “If the company have no agent in the county in which the cause of action originated, the action may nevertheless be brought in that county, *864the court- having power to perfect service upon the defendant.” Mitchell v. Southwestern…